Where does “လူငယ်” come from?

လူငယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငယ်, from Old Burmese ငဲ.

လူငယ် (Burmese): youth, juvenile

Definitions

  1. youth, juvenile

Ancestry of “လူငယ်”, step by step

လူငယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ငယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငယ်small; little; young; chevrotain
2Old Burmeseငဲ—

via Burmese လူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလူman human being, person
2Burmeseလmoon; month
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